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Malawian football ace Ganadinho Mhango detained in RSA night club over unpaid R26,000 (MK1.4million) raking up bill

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PRETORIA-(MaraviPost)-Malawian football ace, plying his trade with Orlando Pirates, in South Africa, Ganadinho Mhango, was detained in the early hours of Saturday, after trying to “ball” when he did not have the money at a night club popular with celebrities in Pretoria, South Africa, Club Propaganda.

According to media reports from the rainbow nation, Gabadinho raked up the humongous bill mainly due to drinks he was buying for strangers.

The Sunday World reports, “While the rest of South Africa was in bed in the wee hours of the night on Saturday, it was reported that Malawian Orlando Pirate’s player, Gabadinho Mango, a striker for the local football club was locked in and confined in Club Propaganda in Pretoria a consequence of incurring a R26, 000 bill after buying strangers drinks in the popular Club frequented by famous personalities from Johannesburg and Pretoria”.

According to the publication, after having unsuccessfully tried to verbally dribble his way out of his predicament, Mhango admitted to not having money on him.

He was however lucky to reach an agreement with the club manager to release him.

It is not yet clear what the terms of his release were.

More to come……

Malawi

Gaba’s Europe deal in limbo due to covid-19

Maneno Chimulala

By Our Reporter

Gaba’s Europe deal in limbo due to covid-19

 Prosport International, the agency that manages South Africa-based Malawian forward Frank ‘Gabadinho’ Mhango says the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic has affected overseas opportunities for the player.

In February this year, the gobal sports management firm warned Mhango’s Premier Soccer League (PSL) club Orlando Pirates to be prepared to lose the red-hot forward if he maintained his rich vein of form this season.

But speaking to The Nation from Johannesburg, Prosport International’s chief executive officer Mike Makaab said due to the current situation, they are not pursuing opportunities for the current South African top-flight league leading scorer.

He said: “At this point, we cannot look at opportunities abroad until we know the mechanisms worldwide of the lifting of lockdown restrictions.”

 Before the lockdown, Makaab was quoted by KickOff.com three months ago as having said that there were some openings in Europe for the 27-year-old striker as a result of his form.

“I think Pirates need to be ready, not me. We must be grateful to Orlando Pirates for giving him the opportunity,” he was quoted as having said then.

In an interview from his Johannesburg base, Mhango said his focus is to continue where he left when the suspension on sporting activities is lifted in the rainbow nation.

“My focus now is purely on Pirates because they are my current employers. If there are openings in Europe, my manager will take care of that.

“Covid-19 has affected so many players, but it will pass,” he said.

Last month, the former Bidvest Wits, Golden Arrows, Bloemfontein Celtic and Nyasa Big Bullets forward revealed his ambitious dream to play in the English Premier League (EPL).

“I would like to play [in the] English Premier League because I have always wanted to play EPL [football],” he said.

Mhango tops the scorers’ chart with 14 goals, two ahead of his closest chasers Bradley Grobler (SuperSport United), Peter Shalulile (Highlands Park) and Bongi Ntuli (AmaZulu FC).

In 2018, while with Wits, Mhango underwent unsuccessful two-week trial at Portuguese top-flight league side Vitoria Futebol.